One finds oneself saying: 'I know the right question, but ... this is not exactly the right time to ask it.'

This race is hotter than a Times Square Rolex.

Never eat spinach just before going on the air.

If all difficulties were known at the outset of a long journey, most of us would never start out at all.

A lot of tight Senate races out there. Let's hit those chips with another dash of salsa, Ed Bradley.

Courage is being afraid but going on anyhow.

[My job is] a very high trapeze act, frequently with no net.

Don't taunt the alligator until after you've crossed the creek.

A tough lesson in life that one has to learn is that not everybody wishes you well.

A college degree is the key to realizing the American dream, well worth the financial sacrifice because it is supposed to open the door to a world of opportunity.

The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called 'truth'.

From the beginning men used God to justify the unjustifiable.

If one maintains the intent of, ‘no one should have the slightest difficulty on my account’, then his work will be considered to be done.

The law's a necessary evil--we canna be doing without it--but do ye not think it a poor substitute for conscience?

I try to take everyone's head off, to tell the truth.

The only way I can protect him now is to make sure he never understands how easy killing can become.

I gotta friend who spends his life, stabbing my picture with a bowie knife. Dreams of strangling me with a scarf, when my name comes up he pretends to barf.

Great American sport. Horseshoes is a very great game. I love it.

Woman's happiness consists in obeying; she objects to a man who yields too much.

The secret of fortune is joy in our hands.

Belief is better than anything else, and it is best when rapt - above paying its respects to anybody's doubt whatsoever.